Morocco All-time 23 member team

Morocco 1986
Before 1950's, Morocco was playing under France.  A large number of talented Moroccans were playing in the French league.  Larbi Benbarek was a star with the French national team.  As an independent country, Morocco qualified for the 1970 World Cup Finals, where they managed a draw with Bulgaria.  In 1986, they beat Portugal 3-1 in the group stage before narrowly lost to eventual finalist West Germany 1-0 at the round of 16.  They became the first African country to advance to the second round of the WC Finals.  In 1998, Morocco was on pace to reach the second round, but Norway pulled an upset against Brazil in the Final match, where Brazil had already qualified for the second round and treated the match as a meaningless one.  Norway progressed at the expense of Morocco. However, despite, their performance at the WC Finals, they did not do as well in African Cup of Nations. They only won the Cup once in 1976.

This is my 23-member all-time team for Morocco.  I also did all-time teams for Northern Africa (including Sudan) and Sub-Saharan Africa.  

Morocco 1998


Team
GK: Badou Ezzaki
He was African Player of the Year in 1986 after leading Morocco to the second round of the WC Finals in Mexico.  He also enjoyed a successful career with Mallorca in Spain. 

Tahar El-Kalej
GK: Allal Ben Kassou
He played for the Morocco  at the 1964 Summer Olympics and at the 1970 World Cup finals.  He played 116 times for the Morocco football team. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.

GK: Mohammed Hazzaz 
He also played for MAS Fez. He also represented Morocco at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

RB:  Larbi Aherdane 
He is considered one of Morocco's greatest defenders.  He played for Wydad Casablanca in the 1970's.

CB:  Noureddine Naybet 
He was one of the best African defender ever.  He spent most successful period of his career with Deportivo La Coruña in Spain. He was one of the best center-back in La Liga.  He played at the 1998 WC Finals.

Noureddine Naybet


CB: Mehdi Benatia
At the time of writing, he is considered one of the top center-backs in the world.  He first made a name with Udinese and then, Roma, where he was a top defender in the Serie A.  In the summer of 2014, he joined Bayern Munich.

CB: Mustapha Yaghcha 
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.  He played club football for Difaa El Jadida, and also played for CS Chênois and Servette FC in the Swiss Super League.  He went to the 1972 Olympics.

CB: Mustapha El Biyaz
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.  He played club football with KAC Marrakech and  had a brief spell with F.C. Penafiel in the Portugal.  He went to the WC finals in 1986.

CB: Mustapha Bettache
He started his career with Wydad Casablanca played as a defender for eight years under the direction of Kader Firoud at Nîmes Olympique in France .

LB: Salem Ben Miloud
He started his career in Morocco.  He moved to France in 1946.  he spent 10 seasons with Marseille.


He made a name at the WC finals in 1986.  He was voted as the second best player at the African Player of the Year ward in 1986. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.

Aziz Bouderbala


CB/DM: Tahar El Khalej
He played for several clubs, including UD Leiria and Benfica in Portugal, and for Southampton and Charlton Athletic in England.  He played for the Morocco  and was a participant at the 1994 World Cup and at the 1998 World Cup.

CM: Driss Bamous 
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.  He played club football
for FAR Rabat.   He played for Morocco in the 1970 World Cup.

CM: Abdelmajid Dolmy 
He earned 140 caps for Morocco and went to the WC in 1986.  He was chosen  by CAF as one of the best 200 African footballers of the last 50 years.

CM: Youssef Chippo
He represented Morocco at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1998 WC Finals.  He played aboard for Porto and Coventry.  He was capped 62 times.

He spent his most of his professional career in Franc, playing for St. Etienne, Nice, Lens, etc. He played in the 1986 and 1994 WC finals.
CM/DM: Abderrahman Mahjoub 
Born in Morocco, he represented France at the World Cup Finals in 1954. He captained Morocco at the 1962 World Cup.  He was a long time member of Racing Club of Paris.


AM:  Mohamed Timoumi (Morocco)
He was named African Footballer of the Year in 1985. he represented Morocco at the World Cup Finals in 1986. At club level, Mohammed Timoumi won the CAF Champions League with FAR Rabat.

Mohamed Timoumi
AM/RW: Mustapha Hadji
He grew up in France, but chose to represent Morocco in 1993. He went to the WC Finals in 1994 and 1998.  After the WC Finals in 1998, he won the African Player of the Year award that year.  Professionally, he played mostly in Spain and England. 

Mustapha Hadji

FW:  Ahmed Faras
He is the greatest Moroccan  player of all-time.  He was named African Footballer of the Year in 1975.  He was captain of Morocco for 8 years.  He won the African Cup of Nations in 1976.  He also played in the 1970 WC Finals.

Ahmed Faras

ST: Hassan Akesbi
He went to play in France during the 1950's.  He longest stint in France was with Nimes Olympique.  He was chosen  by CAF as one of the best 200 African footballers of the last 50 years.  He played for Morocco from 1960 to 1970.
 
ST: Marouane Chamakh
Born in France.  He played for the french youth team before switching to play for Morocco at the senior level.  He started his career with Bordeaux before moving to England, where he played for Arsenal, West Ham and Crystal Palace.

Tahar El-Kalej

Tahar El-KaleST: Marouane Chamakh
ST: Salaheddine Bassir
He played for Morocco  and went to the 1998 World Cup, where he scored two goals in the 3–0 win against Scotland.  He played for Raja Casablanca, Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Deportivo La Coruña (Spain), OSC Lille (France) and Aris Thessaloniki (Greece).  

Squad Explanation
Larbi Benbarek never played for Morocco and he was capped by France. So he belonged to France in terms of international football just liked Just Fontaine.  

Starting lineup 
Formation: 4-2-1-3



 

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